11.   General Motors Corp. also is a strong candidate because of its efforts to cut costs by using more outside, typically non-union, auto parts suppliers.

12.   GM will also work on developing agreements with Polish auto suppliers, Smith said.

13.   He moved his wife to the United States, improved his English and eventually ascended to better jobs among the auto suppliers that dominate Detroit.

14.   He said the company must strengthen links with its customers, auto parts suppliers and global markets.

15.   Inevitably, these cutbacks will cause auto suppliers, who now account for much of the industry, to idle employees at their own plants.

16.   Like other auto parts suppliers, Breed has been expanding its product line to become a supplier of complete systems rather than individual components.

17.   That helped to establish and protect various corporate relationships, including the close ties between auto parts suppliers and auto companies that have lately enraged the United States.

18.   The automaker quietly backed the union as it targeted Johnson Controls last fall in a battle to increase unionization at auto suppliers, analysts said.

19.   The automaker quietly backed the union as it targeted Johnson Controls last fall in a battle to increase representation at auto suppliers, analysts said.

20.   The current strike shows how much more dependent auto makers have become on a few auto parts suppliers and their workers.